A disappointed Janos Gereben wrote:

>>The young Armenian-Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian sang a
>>recital ...
>>
>>One complaint about the program: no opera.  The voice was born for
>>Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti, and there is a clear possibility of
>>mastering genres widely separated, from Baroque to contemporary
>>music.

I believe she sang with Podles in Gluck's _Orfeo ed Euridice_ in Toronto.
It would be interesting to find out if they plan to record this.

-Margaret Mikulska
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